Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-26
GOOD WORK.

I
Palace at Sioux City few weeks since
the following interview with prominent
Black Hills man appeared in the Sioux
City Journal. The display made by
Mr.. Simmons attracted much attention,
and was splendid advertisement for the
Hills. The credit Of this work is due
alone to Major Simmons, who never al
lows an opportunity to pass to show the
resources and products Of this country:
a.. =. Simmons, Of the Black Hills,
placed on exhibition, Friday evening,
some interesting ore, showing the varied
mineral resources of the Hills, and which
make valuable addition to the Black
Hills collection.
The new strike in the Iron Hill mine,
called the Home Run, is represented by
beautiful specimens Of horn silver and
yellow carbonates, running thousands OF
dollars to the ton. This mine with its
smelter Of fifty tons daily capacity, is
producing $4,000 per day. The new
discovery is the richest yet made in the
Hills, and scarcely been surpassed in
the United States or the world. Two
bars, or silver bricks, the production of
the Iron Hill smelter, were on exhibition,
weighing about 100 pounds each.
The new find, the Elk Mountain
mines, is represented by lead and sand
carbonates, carrying silver valued at $50
per ton. The celebrated Ruby Basin,
illustrated by ores carrying both gold
and silver, from the Ross Hannibal, Cal
lmet, Buxton and Retriever mines.
These ores are to be reduced by the lixi-
Walton of teaching process, recent expe-
riments having proven entirely success
full Large plants of this character will
soon be erected.
The collection contains some very
high grade samples OF galena ore and
suIphurets Of silver from the Hester A
and Cora mines, also galena and carbon
ate ores from the Brookline, Spanish r,
Wilkinson, Far West and Adelphi
mines, all situated in the carbonate dis
trict, in the vicinity of the Iron Hill.
Also samples of nickle, cobalt, uranium
and saltpeter, all recent discoveries in the
Hills. The ores of uranium are valuable
as paints in painting glass and porcelain,
are quite rare and worth from $2'to "a
per pound.
A sample OF free gold ore sparkling
all over with gold, weighing about five
pounds and said to be worth 800, is
from james Longs famous Bengal Tiger
mine.
A very ordinary and valueless- looking
chunk of slaty rock represented the
great Homestake mine, which has dis
bursed to its stockholders in consecutive
monthly dividends about $4,000,000 be-
ginning in 1878. This ore yields on an
average about IS per ton, but its low
grade is made up by quantity, and the
extensive scale on which the mine is
operated, its 200 stamps has reducing
capacity Of 700 tons daily. ss
One of the important features OF the
exhibit is the tin ore from the Harvey
Peak mines and ssstream TIM from the
Bear gulch mines. Mr. Simmons states
that the tin mines OF the Black Hills are
z the most important mineral discovery
made in the United States since the
discovery Of gold in California in 49,
That it is national in it's character may
be inferred from the fact that some thirty
millions Of dollars is paid annually by
this country for imported tin and man.
ufactured articles OF tin plate, mostly
coming from England. That there il
now no question but what the Black
Hills will supply this demand. The
Harvey district is some twenty miles il
extent, forming sernicircle around the
northerly and easterly base OF the Har
ney range Of mountains. The mines arr
of the character known as ssfissure veins
in tile granite formation, the most per
manent known to miners. Some BOZ
lode locations, together with placer claims
water rights, timber, mill sights, owned